Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is another oil that's great for the beginner to start experimenting with - it's one of the least expensive; it has a wide variety of uses and, perhaps surprisingly, given its strong scent, it's fairly non-irritating. Eucalyptus will be a familiar scent to many: it's widely used in many proprietary decongestants, including Olbas Oil. In the home it can be used in the same way - splash a few drops on your pillow case before you go to sleep to get rid of that bunged up feeling if you have a cold or use it in a steam inhalation for colds and catarrh. Generally it can be used in much the same way as t-tree oil; although a ...

Eucalyptus Essential Oil is not just one oil, but the name of a group of three eucalyptus oils. Each one is slightly different and you need to know about those slight variations before you make your choice. Eucalyptus, Blue Gum ++++++++++++++++++++ This variety is from the family Myrtaceae, just like the other two. It is a tall evergreen tree with bluish-green oval leaves (hence its name.) The flowers of this tree are long, narrow and yellowish. The bark is pale grey and often.inmature trees, covered in fine white powder. This tree is native to Tasmania and Australia but most of the essential oil available comes from specially ...

I couldn`t be without this oil. The minute there`s a stuffed up nose in the house, out it comes, sprinkled on a tissue...the loads of sniffing on it! It is so strong it gets through the worst blocked nose & clears it, even though it`s only temporary...but just keep sniffing.It can be put on the pillow too. And a drop added to the bath is good. Or in a steam inhalation. As it`s so strong just one drop at a time is all that should be used. It is a strong anti-viral & anti-bacterial, when used to inhale, it can actually kill off the invading germs. It also aids bringing down a high temperature, a drop on a cool damp cloth placed on the ...